Up front: Faces of Australia at war.

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Title

Up front: Faces of Australia at war.

Venues

Queen Victoria Museum And Art Gallery (24 September 1998 – 29 November 1998)

Warrnambool Art Gallery [2]. (9 December 1998 – 10 January 1999)

Port Pirie Regional Gallery (27 February 1999 – 6 April 1999)

The George Adams Gallery. (3 June 1999 – 4 July 1999)

Benalla Art Gallery (4 August 1999 – 12 September 1999)

Wagga Wagga Art Gallery [3] (24 September 1999 – 31 October 1999)

Cairns Regional Gallery (11 November 1999 – 6 February 2000)

Tweed River Regional Art Gallery. (16 February 2000 – 2 April 2004)

Mosman Art Gallery (20 March 2000 – 29 May 2000)

Newcastle Region Art Gallery (16 June 2000 – 30 July 2000)

Date

(1998 – 2004)

Summary

Multi-artist exhibition. Located: Australia

Documentation

catalogue

Country of context

Australia

Abstract

Up Front: faces of Australia at war features portraits from the Australian War Memorial's extensive art collection, and includes works by Australian artists Tom Roberts, George Lambert, William Dobell, Albert Tucker, Nora Heysen and Donald Friend.

Developed jointly by the Australian War Memorial and the Natioanl Portrait Gallery, the exhibition explores the unique relationship between portraiture and war from colonial times to the present, with an emphasis on the two world wars. It displays more than 70 works of art, including paintings, drawings, sculptures, sketchbooks, and also incorporates items from popular culture that feature portraits, such as lockets, badges, packs of cards and posters.[AWM media, 1998].